Washington is Hollywood for the ugly - POLITICO

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https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/white-house-correspondents-dinner-roger-simon-106118 

This is just hilarious especially the part about speaking with Bork 

"In his posthumously published memoirs, Bork said Nixon promised him the next seat on the Supreme Court. But Nixon resigned from office before he got a chance to keep his promise.

I had no idea what to say to Robert Bork, who was seated across the table from me.

Even though the journalists who cover the White House full time probably number fewer than 150, the dinner squeezes about 2,600 people into the main ballroom of the Washington Hilton. And except for when the president of the United States stands up and tells the jokes that have been written for him, it can be quite noisy.

Hey, that Nixon was some liar, wasn’t he? I yelled at Bork.

Bork replied either “I could squash you like a bug” or “I can’t hear you.” I do not know which.

Over the years, I have met Washington’s and Hollywood’s power elite at the Nerd Prom. They are the best-known entertainers, the most powerful politicians and the most influential journalists of the day.

And I always tell them the same thing: Power fades and fame is fleeting. Sic transit gloria mundi.

That last one is Latin for “drink up.”